Israel just started legalizing its annexation of the West Bank. Here’s what that means. – Mondoweiss

An Israeli flag overlooking an illegal Jewish settlement in the West Bank. Taken from the Israeli Herodian national park in the West Bank. (Photo: Jamie Lynn Ross/Flickr)

Israel just started legalizing its annexation of the West Bank. Here’s what that means.

The Israeli government recently took radical steps to change the legal status quo in the West Bank. Here’s what these changes mean and how they set the stage for annexation.